Cliquish vs Insular - What's the difference?
cliquish | insular | Related terms |
of or pertaining to a clique
tending to associate with a small and exclusive group
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.
* 1836 , , Astoria , ch. 6:
Situated on an island.
* 1851 , , Moby-Dick , ch. 1:
Separate or isolated from the surroundings; having little interaction with external parties; provincial.
* 1903 , , Call of the Wild , ch. 1:
Having an inward-looking, standoffish, or withdrawn manner.
* 1905 , , Where Angels Fear to Tread , ch. 6:
Relating to the insula in the brain.
Cliquish is a related term of insular.
As adjectives the difference between cliquish and insular
is that cliquish is of or pertaining to a clique while insular is of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an island or islands.As a noun insular is
an islander.cliquish
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Adjective
(en adjective)insular
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(en adjective)- With these he held undisputed sway over his insular domains, and carried on intercourse with the chiefs or governors whom he had placed in command of the several islands.
- There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral reefs.
- [H]e had a fine pride in himself, was even a trifle egotistical, as country gentlemen sometimes become because of their insular situation.
- Harriet was fretful and insular . Miss Abbott was pleasant, and insisted on praising everything.
